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Soft topological modes protected by symmetry in rigid mechanical metamaterials [PDF]

Topological mechanics can realize soft modes in mechanical metamaterials in which the number of degrees of freedom for particle motion is finely balanced by the constraints provided by interparticle interactions.

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Antichiral spin order, its soft modes, and their hybridization with phonons in the topological semimetal Mn 3 Ge. [PDF]

Phys Rev B, 2020
Chen Y, Gaudet J, Dasgupta S, Marcus GG, Lin J, Chen T, Tomita T, Ikhlas M, Zhao Y, Chen WC, Stone MB, Tchernyshyov O, Nakatsuji S, Nakatsuji S, Broholm C.   +14 more
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A guide for nanomechanical characterization of soft matter via AFM: From mode selection to data reporting

STAR Protocols
Summary: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) enables high-resolution mechanical characterization of soft materials at the nanoscale. It offers unique advantages over conventional mechanical testing methods by providing spatially resolved properties, requiring ...
Eunyoung Kim, Alexandra L. Ramos Figueroa, Max Schrock, Elizabeth Zhang, Christina J. Newcomb, Zhenan Bao, Lukas Michalek   +6 more
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A magnetic multi-layer soft robot for on-demand targeted adhesion

Nature Communications
Magnetic soft robots have shown great potential for biomedical applications due to their high shape reconfigurability, motion agility, and multi-functionality in physiological environments. Magnetic soft robots with multi-layer structures can enhance the
Ziheng Chen, Yibin Wang, Hui Chen, Junhui Law, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Feng Duan, Yu Sun, Na Liu, Jiangfan Yu   +9 more
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Simulation Analysis of Soft Focusing of Azimuth Laterolog Resistivity Imaging LWD Tool

Cejing jishu
When logging while drilling directional lateral instruments work in formations, due to the long length of the drill collar, the surface potential attenuation is severe.
TANG Zhanghong, YANG Zhiliang, CHEN Gang, ZHANG Guoyan, ZHAI Xingyu, SONG Sen   +5 more
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On Quasi soft sets in soft topology

, 2019
[[abstract]]In this paper, a link between general topological space and soft topological space is identified using the parameterized family of topologies induced by the soft topology.
Thangavelu P, Saeid Jafari, Evanzalin Ebenanjar P   +2 more
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Wireless Magnetic Robot for Precise Hierarchical Control of Tissue Deformation

Advanced Science
Mechanotherapy has emerged as a promising treatment for tissue injury. However, existing robots for mechanotherapy are often designed on intuition, lack remote and wireless control, and have limited motion modes. Herein, through topology optimization and
Chao Wang, Zhi Zhao, Joonsu Han, Arvin Ardebili Sharma, Hua Wang, Xiaojia Shelly Zhang   +5 more
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Bioinspired Morphology‐Decoupled Soft Gripper with Enhanced Bidirectional Grasping Capability

Advanced Science
The integrated handling of dynamic and static targets remains a formidable challenge for soft grippers. Although cross‐modal grippers combine active and passive modes, they are constrained by inherent conflicts among precision, speed and strength ...
Yedong Huang, Dazhong Yu, Baijin Mao, Fangming Li, Juntian Qu   +4 more
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Expansion mechanics of hydrogel-driven metamaterials with multiple deformation modes

Giant
Hydrogel is widely employed in flexible electronics and soft robotics as soft mechanical material. Previous reports exploited the swelling properties of hydrogel to achieve large negative deformations, but few reports exhibit multiple deformation modes ...
Ran Tao, Yuhan Guo, Jiahao Li, Junrong Luo, Qingsheng Yang, Yu Chen, Wenwang Wu   +6 more
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A Soft Robotic Approach to Robust and Dexterous Grasping

, 2018
In this paper, we present a compliant robotic gripper, Edgy-2, with 4-DOF dexterity, enabling four grasping modes: parallel grasping, power grasping, finger-tip pinch and fully-actuated grasping.
Tian, Y, Wang, Z, Li, J, Zhou, J, Chen, X   +4 more
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